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. BUTTON DIE. No. 372,622. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.WILLIAM HORNICH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THAL- HEIMIER BROS., OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-DIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.372,622, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed May 7, 1887. Serial No. 237,387.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HORNIOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Dies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In said drawings, Figure l representsaside elevation of a button-machine embodying my improvements; and Fig. 2, asiinilar elevation, but showing the plunger in a different posi tion from that shown in Fig. 1.

This invention relates to a certain improvement or modification of that shown and described in Letters Patent No. 340,442, granted to me April 20, 1886, one feature of which was an automatically-acting device for holding the lower die immovable while the first step or operation in making a button was being performed.

The object of the present invention is the construction and arrangement of a device to automatically hold the upper die or collar from coming in contact with the lower die when the stamping-bar enters the latter in the first step or operation in making a button, thereby avoiding any possible injury which might result from the impact of the upper die upon the lower die, as in my former invention, and yet securing the same result, together with the additional advantage that I am enabled to make what is termed a center button more readily and perfectly than by the former invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates an upper die or collar; B, the lower die; 0, the frame, and D the bed or base, to which the lower dieis affixed. F represents an intermediate adjustable die, which is placed in position aftersaid first step or op eration has been completed, as indicated in Fig. 2, to finish the button. The form of the (No model.)

face of said die must conform to that of the button, as will be understood. As the several parts thus far described are substantially the same as in the machine patented to me in the Letters Patent above referred to, a further description of the same is not herein deemed necessary.

Gindicatesa form of my improved device to engage with and hold the upper die or collar from coming in contact with the lower die during the first operation in making a button, as indicated in Fig. I. Said device in this instance consists in a post, G, affixed to the base D, and extending slightly above thetop of the lower die, and in close proximity to the side thereof, so that the projecting edge of the collar or upper die, A, will engage therewith in its downward motion, as is clearlyindicatedin said Fig. I. Said device, however, may be formed into a ring at the top, so as to completely encircle the lower die, thereby affording a solid bearing all around the upper die, and instead of being affixed to the base, as herein shown, it may project from the frame or standard 0, as will be obvious; or two posts instead of one may be arranged one upon each of the opposite sides of said lower die, and also afford a uniform bearing for said upper die. Other changes in the form of said device may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described theinvention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a button-making machine substantially such as herein described, the combination, with the upper and lower die thereof, of a post, as G, adapted to automatically engage with and hold said upper die from engaging with the lower die, as described, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing-I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of April, 1887.

\VILLIAM HORNIGH.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OsoAR A. MIoHEL. 

